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Alview Elementary · Chowchilla

Alview Elementary: The state doesn't publish enough data to score this school fairly.

Alview is an elementary school in Chowchilla. The state doesn't publish enough data to score it fairly — so we won't. Here's what we can show.

No Scope Score available

California doesn't publicly report per-grade test results when fewer than 11 students are tested in a grade — a privacy protection for small schools. We can't compute a Scope Score without that data.

Worth a school visit

With little published data, a visit does the heavy lifting: ask about class sizes, teacher tenure, and where last year's students went next.

  • Ask about typical class sizes and the student-teacher ratio.
  • Ask how long teachers have stayed at the school.
  • Ask where recent graduates or transfers went next.
  • Ask whether the tour can step into a working classroom, and watch how a lesson actually runs.

How every group of students does here

At Alview Elementary in Chowchilla, 47.8% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 43.4% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Alview Elementary outperforms its district average for low-income students by 4.4 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (46.1% Math proficient); Hispanic students (39.1% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 13.5 percentage points for hispanic students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 23 students tested.

All students at this school: 51% met or exceeded
All StudentsAll Students: this school 51%, district —, state 43%51%
FemaleFemale: this school 47%, district 42%, state 44%47% · −4 vs school
Hispanic/LatinoHispanic/Latino: this school 37%, district 38%, state 32%37% · −14 vs school
Socioeconomically DisadvantagedSocioeconomically Disadvantaged: this school 47%, district 38%, state 32%47% · −4 vs school
MaleMale: this school 56%, district 50%, state 42%56% · +6 vs school
WhiteWhite: this school 79%, district 58%, state 56%79% · +28 vs school
English LearnersEnglish Learners: this school 17%, district 20%, state 11%17% · −33 vs school
American Indian/Alaska NativeAmerican Indian/Alaska Native: too few students to report‹11
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Subgroup growth by grade

Change in proficiency from the lowest tested grade — which groups gain ground the longer they stay. Groups with fewer than 10 tested students per grade are not shown.

Where the path goes

The path below is estimated from nearby schools in the same district — scores shown for each next step.

Estimated K-12 Path
Elementary
Alview Elementary
This school

Estimated K-12 path based on district and proximity. Actual attendance zones may differ. Contact your school district for official feeder information.

The people teaching here

Context — never part of the Scope Score
Student : teacherStudent to teacher ratio: this school 23:1, district 22:123:1
Teaching staff9 teachers
Avg. experience13.4 years
Fully credentialed100%
Salary Schedule
Teacher salary schedule$54,956 – $102,601
Principal salary$0 – $0
Superintendent salary$150,366

Pay is set by the district, not the school.

What gets spent here

Per-pupil spendingPer-pupil spending: $16,758, CA average $14,815$16,758 · spent at this school
Federal share$4,268 per student

$4,268 per student arrives as federal Title funding — a measure of concentrated need, not school quality.

District current expense · FY 2024–25$17,198 per student

The district's current expense of education per student, from CDE's annual SACS filing — the freshest district spending figure the state publishes.

Where the district's dollars go · FY 2024–25 · CDE SACS
Instruction63%
Instruction support8%
Student services8%
Administration10%
Buildings & maintenance11%

District-level, from the district's own SACS general-ledger filing — school-by-school breakdowns aren't published by the state.

district detail, 2016–2020 — the newest published
2020$13,261 per pupil
2019$11,969 per pupil
2018$11,259 per pupil
2017$10,858 per pupil
2016$10,924 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

The neighborhood it serves

Hispanic65.0%
District 65.2% · CA 56.1%
White33.3%
District 33.3% · CA 19.9%
Other1.1%
District 0.5% · CA 9.0%
Black0.6%
District 0.5% · CA 4.8%
Low IncomeFree/reduced lunch eligible 55.7% (8pp below CA avg)
Neighborhood — American Community Survey
Median income$68K · CA $85K
Median home value$373K · CA $659K
Bachelor's degree+15% · CA 35%
ZIP population23,520
Median age35 years

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024) · ZIP-level

Worth Knowing

At 183 students, this school is much smaller than the typical California elementary school (≈480).

Transitional kindergarten is offered here — confirmed by actual Census Day enrollment, not just the listed grade span.

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